12Then the men of Ephraim gathered together, crossed over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you with fire!"H376H669H6817H5674H6828H559H3316H5674H3898H1121H5983H7121H3212H8313H1004H7842And Jephthah said to them, "My people and I were in a great struggle with the people of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.H3316H559H5971H1961H3966H376H7379H1121H5983H2199H3467H30273"So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the people of Ammon; and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?"H7200H3467H7760H5315H3709H5674H1121H5983H3068H5414H3027H5927H3117H38984Now Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, "You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites."H3316H6908H582H1568H3898H669H582H1568H5221H669H559H1568H6412H669H8432H669H8432H45195The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites arrived. And when any Ephraimite who escaped said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead would say to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"H1568H3920H4569H3383H669H669H6412H559H5674H582H1568H559H673H5596then they would say to him, "Then say, 'Shibboleth'!" And he would say, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.H559H559H7641H559H5451H3559H1696H3559H270H7819H4569H3383H5307H6256H669H705H8147H5057And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in among the cities of Gilead.H3316H8199H3478H8337H8141H4191H3316H1569H6912H5892H1568
Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
8After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.H310H78H1035H8199H34789He had thirty sons. And he gave away thirty daughters in marriage, and brought in thirty daughters from elsewhere for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.H7970H1121H7970H1323H7971H2351H935H7970H1323H2351H1121H8199H3478H7651H814110Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.H4191H78H6912H103511After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel. He judged Israel ten years.H310H356H2075H8199H3478H8199H3478H6235H814112And Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.H356H2075H4191H6912H357H776H207413After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.H310H5658H1121H1985H6553H8199H347814He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.H705H1121H7970H1121H1121H7392H7657H5895H8199H3478H8083H814115Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountains of the Amalekites.H5658H1121H1985H6553H4191H6912H6552H776H669H2022H6003